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Old 10-13-09 | 07:18 AM
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pharasz
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From: St Petersburg, FL

Bikes: Specialized Roubaix, Bianchi Volpe

It's still warm and sticky in Tampa Bay. The water temp is so high it's noticably warm and muggy as we cross Tampa Bay on the Gandy Bridge (5 mile crossing - 3 miles of bridge and 2 miles of land bridge). When we get to the Tampa side and off the water, the temp drops 5 degrees and it felt like when you walk into an air conditioned building.
My girlfriend ******* me every Tuesday and Thursday on the 18.5 mile one way trip. Gives me a kiss at the parking garage and then rides home. She's riding her titanium Lightspeed while I'm on my cro-moly touring bike with fully loaded panniers. This morning, she pulled me across Tampa Bay at 22+ MPH. After a couple of miles at this speed I finally had to cry Uncle and ask her to slow down for a bit. She settled into a more comfortable pace of about 20+ for the rest of the crossing.

On the Tampa side, going up a residential street with a 30 MPH speed limit, and we are crusing about 20+, and a big fat SUV goes by gunning its engine with the pedal obviously floored, and she shouts with me, in unison "A$$hole!" That's my girl.
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